OAKLAND -- There's no scientific explanation, Warriors Coach Steve Kerr said before Game 7 even started Monday night. "It's just how it works."
It's the energy, the support, of fans at Oracle Arena, he said, that "fuels the momentum." All 19,596 of them delivered, their roars engulfing the place and nearly busting eardrums as they willed the Warriors to defeat the Oklahoma Thunder 96-88 and send them to the NBA Finals."It's like Seattle's 12th man. We're like the sixth man," said Laura Benetti, 32, who has been coming to Warriors games since she was a teenager. "You can feel it in your bones, running in your blood and down your veins.